hads wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:53 pm
On similar topic but quite different.
My mate just booked his return flight to Middle East . EK from Edinburgh
Just shy of £200 cheaper than Glasgow
That cant be right, Right?
Loads of capacity and competition over there resulting in lower fares.
Yup, they need cheap fares to fill 300 new seats and try to gain market share at EDI. Meanwhile at GLA they have planes that are already full and no direct ME3 competition, so they can charge higher fares.
This is EDI playing out the MO we've seen on so many routes - they bring in more choice/frequency, which leads to lower fares at EDI and attracts pax from the west.
Imo GLA have brought this on themselves by failing over the course of over 20 years to get any other ME3 Airlines (or TK) to serve GLA.
Completely agree. Also, along with failing to attract any other ME3 carriers, they continued to show blind faith in EK resuming the second daily flight from GLA. They really are 'fiddling while Rome burns'. Hopefully the new mob will set about righting all the wrongs immediately, and God knows there's a job of work to be done.
Sorry, nothing to do with EY.
Is anyone else getting tired of this new trend where airlines "tease" new routes on social media, only for airport fanboys to lose their minds speculating that their favorite airport might be included, no matter how far-fetched?
FlyGLA wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:33 pm
Is anyone else getting tired of this new trend where airlines "tease" new routes on social media, only for airport fanboys to lose their minds speculating that their favorite airport might be included, no matter how far-fetched?
Yes it’s pathetic but I suppose we’ve got to remember most of them will be excitable schoolboys who have much to learn.
To be fair though, we didn’t have social media in my day and I may have written to certain airlines suggesting GLA routes and thinking they might pay a blind bit of attention. Naive of course.
FlyGLA wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2024 7:33 pm
Is anyone else getting tired of this new trend where airlines "tease" new routes on social media, only for airport fanboys to lose their minds speculating that their favorite airport might be included, no matter how far-fetched?
Speedbird Julie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:43 pm
I see Etihad have launched their new A321LR which includes a couple of F seats. It looks very nice for a narrowbody.
I for one would be happy to see this rock up at GLA, especially as I prefer Abu Dhabi (and AUH) to Dubai.
Speedbird Julie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:43 pm
I see Etihad have launched their new A321LR which includes a couple of F seats. It looks very nice for a narrowbody.
I for one would be happy to see this rock up at GLA, especially as I prefer Abu Dhabi (and AUH) to Dubai.
Speedbird Julie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:43 pm
I see Etihad have launched their new A321LR which includes a couple of F seats. It looks very nice for a narrowbody.
I for one would be happy to see this rock up at GLA, especially as I prefer Abu Dhabi (and AUH) to Dubai.